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Learning IBM Bluemix

By : Sreelatha Sankaranarayanan
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Learning IBM Bluemix

By: Sreelatha Sankaranarayanan

Overview of this book

IBM Bluemix is an open standard platform for building, running, and managing applications on the cloud. With Bluemix, developers can build innovative applications using various compute options and value added services , developers can also manage the application lifecycle using the platform provided DevOps services. Learning IBM Bluemix will take you on a journey from the basics of IBM Bluemix to working with the platform to developing and deploying of modern applications. The sample application use cases employed in the book will introduce you to the transformative nexus of cloud, mobile, and security, all enabled through capabilities provided out-of-the-box by IBM Bluemix. By the end of the book, you will have understood the benefits and use cases for IBM Bluemix, and will possess the skills to further explore the platform and thus develop, deploy, and secure your own innovative, new-age applications.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Learning IBM Bluemix
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
2
Building and Deploying Your First Application on IBM Bluemix

Creating a mobile application


In this section, we will learn how to create a new mobile project on Bluemix and how to modify it to suit your requirements. Later in this section, you will also learn how we can configure the mobile service Push Notifications to send notifications to a mobile device running the application.

Creating a mobile project

Once you have logged into the Bluemix organization and space where you want to create the mobile application, you can follow the steps given here to create the new mobile application:

  1. From the mobile dashboard, Projects, click on New Project to start creating your mobile project:

  2. There will be options for the type of application you want to create; based on the choice made, a template or starter application will be created for you. By default the Empty App template is selected. For our discussion in this chapter, we will be creating a catalog application. Therefore, as shown in the following screenshot, choose Store Catalog and click Create:

  3. Once...